As everyone knows, if a place's defenses are praised to the heavens and described as impregnable, then...
Its only possible end is to be breached.
In the past, Lord Kay's Magecraft Workshop was like this.
The House of Evolution's experimental building was also like this.
And today...
"Swoosh!"
In the Disguise Town above the Newborn World Serpent Headquarters' underground base, a bloody massacre had already begun.
As Old Wan once said: When two armies fight, the foot soldiers go in first.
Right now, a large number of low-level Alien Monsters used as cannon fodder had turned into bloodthirsty beasts, frantically tearing apart everything around them.
At a certain moment...
"Boom!"
A Gray Serpent responsible for monitoring a certain area detonated the high explosives buried underground.
The shockwave from the explosion sent dozens of Alien Monsters in the surrounding swarm flying.
But immediately after, even more Alien Monsters rushed in.
"Hold the line! Hold the line!"
"The Sovereign and the others will arrive soon!"
The soldiers who had already joined the Newborn World Serpent quickly shed the family disguises they had almost grown fond of over the past few days. Each of them grabbed a weapon, trying to hold back the tide-like assault.
But... there were simply too many enemies.
Pshhh!
A Blood Spike pierced a soldier's neck.
Immediately after...
Rat-tat-tat-tat-tat!
The soldier's joints twisted and dislocated as if he were a marionette.
Yet he frantically pulled the trigger, firing wildly at his own comrades.
In an instant, more than half the defenders at this firing point were killed or wounded.
The line collapsed immediately.
And similar incidents were happening all over the town.
Wooo! Wooo! Wooo!
The alarms inside the Newborn World Serpent Headquarters Base had already been sounding for some time.
The MANTIS and Pathstriders still stationed in the base all wore grave expressions.
They weren't surprised that the location of the Headquarters Base had been discovered.
It was clear that the small Alien Monsters the Gray Serpents had detected and killed on the surface recently were just pawns sent to scout.
But this kind of direct assault...
"Why did we only detect these monsters after they were already right above us?"
MEI hurriedly got dressed, asking the question as she put on her glasses.
Inside the base, everyone wore special communication headsets with a steampunk design, developed by Vill-V herself.
Though small, these headsets were packed with useful features.
Moreover, using them to communicate with allies eliminated any risk of eavesdropping.
This was because the devices were bound to the user's brainwaves. Aponia and Su had both participated in their development, specifically to counter the Herrscher of Blood's DNA mimicry.
In short, if anyone else got a hold of one, it would be nothing more than a piece of scrap metal.
Evidently, the personnel in the base had long ago prepared for the scenario of an attack on the Headquarters Base.
They had even developed specific action plans and step-by-step measures to address such an event.
At this moment...
"This is real-time footage from the surface."
The special communication headsets developed by Vill-V featured a high-security retinal projection function.
MEI quickly saw a virtual screen visible only to her. The footage displayed golden-orange teleportation gates opening across the Disguise Town.
These golden-orange portals had all become deployment points for the enemy forces.
Upon seeing it...
"Cosmic Juggernaut?"
Kevin, who had also joined the communication channel, frowned deeply. "Otto Apocalypse... The Third Herrscher is also working with that man?"
To be honest, he now regretted it.
He regretted trading the Beacon, the control unit for the Cosmic Juggernaut, to that man.
Now, the enemy, who could activate the Cosmic Juggernaut's "Zero Rated Power," could completely...
"Damn it!"
Kevin's expression changed slightly.
Holding the Judgment of Shamash, he dashed straight toward the area where MEI was located.
At the same time...
"Whirr!"
As the Disguise Town on the surface fell into a completely one-sided war, a golden-orange teleportation gate opened inside one of the entrances to the Newborn World Serpent Headquarters Base... the same one that looked like a drop-tower elevator shaft Fu Hua had passed through earlier.
"Swoosh swoosh swoosh!"
White-haired young women in spiked armor, along with powerful Impostors created by Kali, poured out from the portal.
They split up at every intersection, just like water automatically flowing into a complex network of pipes.
Whenever they encountered a human...
"Swish!"
Blades pierced through bodies, showing no mercy.
Kill!
After the killing, Impostors would arrive to devour the corpses, analyzing their genes and all their memories.
Before long, Kali had already figured out most of the layout of the Headquarters Base.
She immediately knew...
Where the combat personnel were gathered.
Where the archives storing important data were located.
Where the experimental materials that couldn't be leaked were kept.
And where... the residential areas for the family and friends of those powerful warriors, who had been protected in advance, were located.
"Thank you so much for showing me the way."
Controlling everything remotely, Kali sneered from some underwater area. "The Newborn World Serpent is nothing more than this."
At the same time, Seele, who was inside a certain World Bubble, slowly opened her eyes.
Beside her, a blond man wearing a pure white clown mask, Otto Apocalypse, was fully cooperating with her and the Herrscher of Blood, repeatedly activating the Key of Eternity to open spatial portals.
Seele suddenly looked at him...
"After we defeat the Newborn World Serpent this time, will you really keep your previous promise?"
"Of course."
Otto smiled. "Bronya Zaychik... She is completely useless to me."
"On the contrary, defeating Kevin Kaslana is very important to me."
"His existence has affected too much 'balance'."
"Of course, in the end..."
"I don't want to follow in the footsteps of That Venerable Lord and needlessly make an enemy as powerful as Miss Seele."
"So I will not break my word."
"Furthermore..."
He pointedly mentioned something else, "When I made the deal with Miss Kali earlier, weren't you watching the whole process?"
"I, personally, enjoy and am best at 'catering to one's preferences'."
"..."
The other party was not lying.
Earlier, he had contacted the Third Herrscher - Kali - by relaying the message and using his "Spawn" that spread across the entire globe.
And then...
He had used an unconscious one-armed woman to exchange for the opportunity to cooperate with the latter.
That is... now.
"Let's bring the curtain down on this farce... no, let's open a 'new chapter'!"
The corners of Otto's mouth curved slightly under his mask. "This era is truly an eyesore."
"Don't you agree?"
"The true 'God'?"